Both Uses of
poise
in
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
- Then for the first time Mark walked the main path from one end of the village to the other, past the cedar houses that faced the path, the ceremonial house, the battered eagle poised on a slender shaft.†
Chpt 1.2
- Now the boys had seen enough of the world to sense the size of the battle ahead, and they were like Jim the first night Mark had met him—quiet, poised, and proud.†
Chpt 3.14 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(poise) calm, confident, and in control—especially in movement, behavior, or when ready to act
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, poise is a technical word referencing a unit of dynamic viscosity.